Legal claims defining the scope of protection, as filed with the USPTO.
1. A method for perceptually synchronizing a secondary display with a primary display, said secondary display and said primary display within a same visual environment and such that said secondary display rendering image data at substantially the same time as said primary display, the steps of said method comprising: establishing communications with said primary display, said primary display including a processor operative to adjust luminance settings of said primary display and to render image data on said primary display; establishing communications with said secondary display, said secondary display including a processor operative to adjust luminance settings of said secondary display and to render image data on said secondary display; receiving metadata from said primary display and said secondary display, said metadata identifying one or more capabilities of said primary display and identifying one or more capabilities of said secondary display, respectively; dynamically calculating an adjustment of luminance settings for at least one of said primary display and said secondary display based on at least one of said capabilities of said primary display and said capabilities of said secondary display indicated by said metadata; providing said adjustment of luminance settings calculated for said at least one of said primary display and said secondary display to said processor of said at least one of said primary display and said secondary display; and dynamically adjusting said luminance settings of said at least one of said primary display and said secondary display at said at least one of said primary display and said secondary display using said processor of said at least one of said primary display and said secondary display, said processor being configured to dynamically adjust said luminance settings based on said adjustment of luminance settings calculated for said at least one of said primary display and said secondary display, said luminance settings being separate from image data displayed by said at least one of said primary display and said secondary display wherein said adjustment of luminance settings is based at least in part on input from a light sensor.
2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising, if said adjustment of luminance settings is not substantially a good fit for rendering, approximating a best rendering settings for said at least one of said primary display and said secondary display.
3. The method of claim 2 , further comprising communicating said approximate best rendering settings as said adjustment of luminance settings to said at least one of said primary display and said secondary display.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein said image data includes at least one of high dynamic range (HDR) image/video data, extended dynamic range (EDR) image/video data, visual dynamic range (VDR) image/video data and low dynamic range (LDR) image/video data.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the steps of establishing communications with said primary display and establishing communications with said secondary display comprise establishing communications between said primary display and said secondary display.
6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising dynamically adjusting color gamut settings of at least one of said primary display and said secondary display.
7. A system for perceptually synchronizing a secondary display with a primary display, said secondary display and said primary display within a same visual environment and such that said secondary display is rendering image data substantially at the same time as said primary display, said system comprising: computer readable storage for storing computer readable instructions; and a processor configured to execute said computer readable instructions; and wherein said primary display includes a processor operative to adjust luminance settings of said primary display and to render image data on said primary display; said secondary display includes a processor operative to adjust luminance settings of said secondary display and to render image data on said secondary display; said computer readable instructions comprise a display management module, said display management module capable of receiving metadata identifying one or more capabilities of said primary display and metadata identifying one or more capabilities of said secondary display; said display management module is capable of dynamically calculating an adjustment of luminance settings for at least one of said primary display and said secondary display based on at least one of said capabilities of said primary display and said capabilities of said secondary display indicated by said metadata; and said display management module is further capable of providing said adjustment of luminance settings calculated for said at least one of said primary display and said secondary display to said processor of said at least one of said primary display and said secondary display to facilitate dynamically adjusting the luminance settings of said at least one of said primary display and said secondary display at said at least one of said primary display and said secondary display using said processor of said at least one of said primary display and said secondary display, said processor being configured to dynamically adjust said luminance settings based on said adjustment of luminance settings calculated for said at least one of said primary display and said secondary display, said luminance settings being separate from image data displayed by said at least one of said primary display and said secondary display; wherein said adjustment of luminance settings is based at least in part on input from a light sensor.
8. The system of claim 7 , wherein said display management module resides in said primary display.
9. The system of claim 7 , wherein said display management module resides in said secondary display.
10. The system of claim 7 , wherein said display management module resides in a set top box, a game console, a computer, an audio-video receiver (AVR), a video processor, or a BluRay player.
11. The system of claim 7 , wherein said display management module is capable of approximating a best rendering settings for said at least one of said primary display and said secondary display, if said adjustment of luminance settings is not substantially a good fit for rendering.
12. The system of claim 7 , wherein said display management module is further capable of dynamically adjusting color gamut settings of at least one of said primary display and said secondary display.
13. The method of claim 1 , wherein said step of dynamically adjusting the luminance settings of said at least one of said primary display and said secondary display includes dynamically adjusting at least one of the minimum luminance and maximum luminance settings of said at least one of said primary display and said secondary display.
14. The method of claim 1 , wherein said steps of dynamically calculating said adjustment of luminance settings for said at least one of said primary display and said secondary display and dynamically adjusting the luminance settings of said at least one of said primary display and said secondary display occur on a scene-by-scene basis.
15. The method of claim 1 , wherein said step of dynamically adjusting the luminance settings of said at least one of said primary display and said secondary display comprises dynamically adjusting the luminance settings of said primary display.
16. The method of claim 1 , wherein said step of dynamically adjusting the luminance settings of said at least one of said primary display and said secondary display comprises dynamically adjusting the luminance settings of both said primary display and said secondary display.
17. The method of claim 1 , further comprising: establishing communications with an environmental sensor within said visual environment; and receiving environmental data from said environmental sensor; and wherein said step of calculating said adjustment of luminance settings includes calculating said adjustment of luminance settings based on said environmental data.
18. The method of claim 17 , further comprising controlling ambient lighting of said visual environment based on said environmental data, said environmental data including data indicative of ambient lighting conditions in said visual environment.
19. The method of claim 1 , further comprising: establishing communications with each of a plurality of secondary displays; inputting metadata identifying one or more capabilities of each of said plurality of secondary displays; dynamically calculating an adjustment of luminance settings for each of said plurality of secondary displays based on said capabilities of each of said secondary displays indicated by said metadata; and providing an associated one of said adjustments of luminance settings to each of said secondary displays to facilitate adjustment of luminance settings of each of said secondary displays at each of said secondary displays.
20. The method of claim 1 , wherein said secondary display renders substantially different image data than said primary display.
21. The method of claim 1 , wherein said luminance settings are selected from the group consisting of luminance, average luminance, minimum luminance, mean luminance, maximum luminance, and dynamic range.
22. The method of claim 1 , further comprising: dynamically calculating an adjustment of color gamut settings for at least one of said primary display and said secondary display based on at least one of said capabilities of said primary display and said capabilities of said secondary display indicated by said metadata; and dynamically adjusting said color gamut settings of said at least one of said primary display and said secondary display based on said adjustment of color gamut settings calculated for said at least one of said primary display and said secondary display, said color gamut settings being separate from said image data displayed by said at least one of said primary display and said secondary display.
23. The method of claim 1 , wherein: said metadata received from said secondary display is further indicative of a distance between said primary display and said secondary display; and said step of dynamically calculating said adjustment of luminance settings for said at least one of said primary display and said secondary display is based on said distance.
24. A method for perceptually synchronizing a secondary display with a primary display, said secondary display and said primary display within a same visual environment and such that said secondary display rendering image data at substantially the same time as said primary display, the steps of said method comprising: establishing communications with said primary display, said primary display including a processor operative to adjust luminance settings of said primary display and to render image data on said primary display; establishing communications with said secondary display, said secondary display including a processor operative to adjust luminance settings of said secondary display and to render image data on said secondary display; receiving metadata from said primary display and said secondary display, said metadata specifying image-rendering parameters of said primary display and image-rendering parameters of said secondary display, respectively, said image-rendering parameters of least one of said primary display and said secondary display including luminance parameters; dynamically calculating an adjustment of luminance settings for at least one of said primary display and said secondary display based on at least one of said image-rendering parameters of said primary display and said image-rendering parameters of said secondary display specified by said metadata; providing said adjustment of luminance settings calculated for said at least one of said primary display and said secondary display to said processor of said at least one of said primary display and said secondary display; and dynamically adjusting said luminance settings of said at least one of said primary display and said secondary display at said at least one of said primary display and said secondary display using said processor of said at least one of said primary display and said secondary display, said processor being configured to dynamically adjust said luminance settings based on said adjustment of luminance settings calculated for said at least one of said primary display and said secondary display, said luminance settings being separate from image data displayed by said at least one of said primary display and said secondary display; wherein said adjustment of luminance settings is based at least in part on input from a light sensor.
25. A method for perceptually synchronizing a secondary display with a primary display, said secondary display and said primary display within a same visual environment and such that said secondary display rendering image data at substantially the same time as said primary display, the steps of said method comprising: establishing communications with said primary display, said primary display including a processor operative to adjust luminance settings of said primary display and to render image data on said primary display; establishing communications with said secondary display, said secondary display including a processor operative to adjust luminance settings of said secondary display and to render image data on said secondary display; receiving primary metadata from said primary display and secondary metadata from said secondary display, said primary metadata providing information about luminance capabilities of said primary display and said secondary metadata providing information about luminance capabilities of said secondary display that can be dynamically adjusted; dynamically calculating an adjustment of luminance settings for said secondary display based on said primary metadata and said secondary metadata; providing said adjustment of luminance settings to said processor of said secondary display; and dynamically adjusting the luminance settings of said secondary display at said secondary display using said processor of said secondary display, said processor being configured to dynamically adjust said luminance settings of said secondary display based on said calculated adjustment of luminance settings, wherein said luminance settings are global settings separate from displayed image data values; wherein said adjustment of luminance settings is based at least in part on input from a light sensor.
26. The method of claim 1 , wherein: one of said primary display and said secondary display is a movie theatre display; and the other of said primary display and said secondary display is a hand-held device located in said movie theatre.
27. The method of claim 1 , wherein: one of said primary display and said secondary display is a television set; and the other of said primary display and said secondary display is a hand-held device within viewing distance of the television set.
28. The method of claim 27 , wherein said method is implemented at least partially within a set-top box coupled to said television set.
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June 5, 2018
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